Plot to buy up new iPhones using homeless backfires in a big way

A California man running a high-risk ploy to buy up dozens of new iPhones saw it blow up in his face Friday morning when the Apple store in Pasadena, Calif. got wise to the scheme.

Plot to buy iPhones using homeless backfires in a big way

A California man running a high-risk ploy to buy up dozens of new iPhones saw it blow up in his face Friday morning when the Apple store in Pasadena, Calif. got wise to the scheme.Police said man had promised a few dozen people, many homeless, money if they would line up outside the store and help him pile up tickets that would give him the right to buy the new phones, which, as usual, are expected to run out before ...